No, he was met with the majority being against him RESCINDING the apology, so he stopped (not 'refused', as you call it). And now he is making his own little REVISED apology, or what is it you think he is doing, exactly, hokkaidoguy?

What are you on about now, smith?

What apology, specifically, has Abe set about revising? You do know what "revising" means, don't you?

“With regard to the comfort women issue, I am deeply pained to think of the comfort women who experienced immeasurable pain and suffering, a feeling I share equally with my predecessors,” Abe told a parliamentary committee, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). “The Kono Statement addresses this issue… As my [Secretary Suga] stated in press conferences, the Abe cabinet has no intention to review it.”

That's from the diplomat, March 14th 2014. The japantoday story has been removed, but your comments on the story remain.

Why is it that despite clearly knowing that Abe refuses to change the official Japanese Apology, you have spent the last year accusing him of continuously planning to change it?

Why is the girl in the center in"blackface"? What does the blackface symbolize for them. I know they do it also in Japan "for different reasons" But what is the significance for doing it in Korea? Also in South Korea's state-run TV network KBS, feature comedians wearing blackface. Maybe its for the 50,000 year ago heritage? Or to symbolize a distinction from North Korea? Or does it symbolize sharing the plight of the aboriginal people of the earth?. They sell a hell of a lot of hair to black women in the US.

if you receive a job offer, you have the choice to accept it or refuse it.

If you receive an unsolicited package in the mail, you can then accept it or return it.

When political donations come in, they are first received, then evaluated, then accepted or returned. That's how it works. If the funds are found to be from an illegal source and accepted, then the law has been broken.

If the funds are received, reviewed, found unacceptable and returned, then the law has been followed.

As far as your other accusation, I can't recall typing that recently. Maybe you have me confused with someone else...

His office took a donation from a building management company. When it was discovered that members of the Sugar industry association were on the board of directors of that company, the money was returned - regardless of the fact that there is no legal obligation to do so.

It absolutely beggars belief that commenters here, presented with the choice between blaming Abe and blaming a terrorist organization that has brutally murdered thousands, will still find a way to lay blame at Abe's feet.